Bodies of fallen RCMP officers return to Canada from Haiti
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The remains of two RCMP officers killed in last week’s earthquake in Haiti arrived back in Canada on Friday, after a long journey home. Read more
Boxer to vote no on Bernanke, new focus of populist ire
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Democrats and Republicans, from the President on down, are burnishing their populist credentials in the wake of Massachusetts. The new target for witch burning is Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, a Bush nominee… Read more
Staying at the Basra ‘B&B’
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
World Digest: Israel investigates accusations of vandalism in a Palestinian cemetery
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WEST BANK Israel probes report of cemetery attack The Israeli army said Thursday that it is checking a report of vandalism in a Palestinian cemetery in the West Bank that a Palestinian official accused Jewish settlers of desecrating. Several tombstones were smashed in the cemetery in the village of Awarta, south of Nablus, said Ghassan [...]
China attacks Clinton’s Internet speech as ‘harmful’ to relations
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BEIJING — China’s Foreign Ministry sharply criticized Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Thursday call for broad Internet freedom, saying that the United States should “cease using so-called Internet freedom to make groundless accusations against China.” Read more
Haiti plans tent cities for homeless as rebuilding begins
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — The Haitian government is planning to erect 11 tent cities to house as many as 400,000 people displaced by the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, hoping to establish safer and more sanitary conditions as the country’s rebuilding begins. Read more
Venezuela’s Chávez Takes a Mighty Swing at Golf
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Every day, Pascual Cicenia plays golf on an emerald course that is 18 holes of tropical heaven in the middle of this chaotic city. He doesn’t take it for granted, he said, especially now that President Hugo Chávez has disparaged the sport as an elitist endeavor with few friends in his populist [...]
U.S. ambassador puts brakes on plan to utilize Afghan militias against Taliban
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The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and senior Afghan officials have resisted moving forward with a bold and potentially risky initiative to support local militias in Afghanistan that are willing to defend their villages against insurgents, according to U.S. officials. Read more
Outside of the rubble, Haiti tends to its living
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – With food, cash and medicine starting to flow, Haiti’s government and aid workers are turning to the mammoth task of feeding and sheltering hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors still living in the capital’s rubble-strewn streets and filthy tent cities. Read more
China says U.S. Internet accusations “baseless”
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China hit back at U.S. criticism of Internet censorship and hacking on Friday, warning that relations between the two global heavyweights were being hurt by a feud centered on web giant Google. Read more
China denounces US free internet call
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China has denounced US criticisms of its internet controls, saying it could harm ties between the two countries. Read more
World stocks track US lower after Obama proposal (AP)
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AP – A man walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. The Nikkei … Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Barack Obama Video:Brown’s Beltway Shakeup FOX News Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 10,389.88 -213.27 ^GSPC 1,116.48 0.00 ^IXIC 2,265.70 0.00 By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ, AP Business Writer Jeremiah Marquez, Ap Business [...]
Haiti relocating homeless, port repairs needed (AP)
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Play Video AP  – Haiti to relocate 400,000 quake homeless Slideshow:Massive earthquake hits Haiti Play Video Video:Amazing Haitian Rescues ABC News Play Video Video:Port-Au-Prince Hospitals struggle to keep pace AP Reuters – A Haitian man walks past a sign requesting help and supplies in Port-au-Prince January 19, 2010. Units … By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press [...]
Boys tortured, abused victims because ‘they were bored’
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Two young brothers tortured and sexually abused two innocent children in 90 minutes of sustained violence because they were bored and had “now’t to do”, a court heard. Read more
Golden Sacks: 57% pay rises for staff at Goldman Sachs… as bank claims it showed ‘restraint’
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The average employee at the giant investment bank scooped £308,000 in salary, bonuses and other benefits in 2009, which is £112,000 more than they got the previous year. Read more
World's Worst Earthquakes
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
World's Worst Hurricanes
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Haiphong, Vietnam, in the Gulf of Tonkin, was hit by a devastating typhoon in 1881 that killed an estimated 300,000 people. Little is known of what preparation or precautions may have been lacking at the time, but the city was hit again in 2005. That storm came onshore with 100 mph sustained winds, but the [...]
Quinn, Hynes dicker over trifles as serious problems loom
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It didn’t take long for the debate between Gov. Pat Quinn and state Comptroller Dan Hynes to clatter down onto the low road. About 45 seconds into opening statements of Tuesday night’s gubernatorial primary forum on ABC-Channel 7, Quinn demanded, “Why did [...]
Obama Shake-Up Puts Fright On Banks
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10:57pm UK, Thursday January 21, 2010 Ed Merrison, Sky News Online Shares in Barclays and RBS tumbled as Barack Obama announced a radical shake-up of Wall Street that sent shockwaves around world [...]
Clooney donates $1m to Haiti relief
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George Clooney has reportedly pledged to donate $1m (£619,693) to the Haiti relief efforts. Read more